WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.140 Hi everyone, I'm Emily and I'm Vince and this 00:00:03.140 --> 00:00:14.519 is the lighthouse lowdown Let's go We haven't 00:00:14.519 --> 00:00:16.600 been here for a while back in the saddle this 00:00:16.600 --> 00:00:19.679 episode posts in two days. So that's incredible 00:00:19.679 --> 00:00:22.699 I know I gotta do some editing before then Yeah, 00:00:22.879 --> 00:00:26.219 I think I'm behind on YouTube Our listeners may 00:00:26.219 --> 00:00:29.089 have noticed a batch upload They may notice a 00:00:29.089 --> 00:00:33.009 future batch upload. Yeah, just so everyone knows, 00:00:33.170 --> 00:00:35.649 here's our announcement, is that we're taking 00:00:35.649 --> 00:00:37.990 off for the season. And we said we weren't going 00:00:37.990 --> 00:00:42.170 to do that, but wedding planning is a lot more 00:00:42.170 --> 00:00:46.609 than anticipated. And so something has to be 00:00:46.609 --> 00:00:48.810 sacrificed. Fortunately, that's the podcast. 00:00:49.369 --> 00:00:53.369 My solo Edmund Fitzgerald episode. Yeah. Talked 00:00:53.369 --> 00:00:57.500 about, I gave a brief. That was the day of your 00:00:57.500 --> 00:00:59.719 bridal shower. Yeah. We're living in our in -laws 00:00:59.719 --> 00:01:02.880 basement. Thank you. We are planning our wedding, 00:01:02.960 --> 00:01:06.959 which is happening very soon. And 14 days. 14 00:01:06.959 --> 00:01:12.219 days. That's crazy. We have a honeymoon and work 00:01:12.219 --> 00:01:15.159 is busier than ever. And we're also buying a 00:01:15.159 --> 00:01:18.819 house. So I joke, you know, these are all like. 00:01:19.549 --> 00:01:21.890 These are like the best things. Yeah. This is 00:01:21.890 --> 00:01:24.129 a time to look back on and be really happy. It's 00:01:24.129 --> 00:01:25.730 just a lot. Oh my gosh. I can't believe we did 00:01:25.730 --> 00:01:28.870 all that. Like in the moment it's like, ah, it's 00:01:28.870 --> 00:01:32.069 all good stuff, but it's a lot. So we are not 00:01:32.069 --> 00:01:35.430 going to stop the lighthouse slowdown. No, of 00:01:35.430 --> 00:01:38.109 course not. But we're going to take a break. 00:01:38.409 --> 00:01:40.670 Like, yeah. Until at least a couple episodes. 00:01:40.829 --> 00:01:42.890 Yeah. But we'll see. We're gonna fill it out. 00:01:42.950 --> 00:01:45.569 We'll be back, but we are going to take the time 00:01:45.569 --> 00:01:47.230 necessary. And I know I said we weren't going 00:01:47.230 --> 00:01:50.420 to do that, but. We cracked under the pressure. 00:01:50.939 --> 00:01:54.799 Hopefully we come back really strong. I have 00:01:54.799 --> 00:01:56.640 an episode, actually I have a couple that I've 00:01:56.640 --> 00:01:58.819 been researching over the past couple months. 00:01:59.319 --> 00:02:01.319 I just haven't finished them to the point where 00:02:01.319 --> 00:02:05.299 they're worth presenting. Fine tuning. Just for 00:02:05.299 --> 00:02:08.159 our listeners. They can blame me for this. This 00:02:08.159 --> 00:02:12.000 next one was supposed to be mine. I'm prepared. 00:02:12.699 --> 00:02:15.659 This was supposed to be episode... 93 and it's 00:02:15.659 --> 00:02:21.840 92 now and um it's a christmas central episode 00:02:21.840 --> 00:02:23.520 because originally this one would have posted 00:02:23.520 --> 00:02:26.599 on december 22nd but now it's posting december 00:02:26.599 --> 00:02:32.520 8th which is fine still christmasy and um so 00:02:32.520 --> 00:02:35.439 we'll be coming back with our green island series 00:02:35.439 --> 00:02:41.180 after this and your episode awesome so i chose 00:02:41.180 --> 00:02:44.250 well you know how usually we do Christmas time 00:02:44.250 --> 00:02:48.729 at lighthouses at Christmas time? Yeah. Like 00:02:48.729 --> 00:02:52.009 every year? Uh -huh. Well, that's what I was 00:02:52.009 --> 00:02:55.389 going to do this year. But then only a couple 00:02:55.389 --> 00:02:58.129 of the lighthouses we've covered this whole year 00:02:58.129 --> 00:03:00.110 do anything for Christmas time. Really? They 00:03:00.110 --> 00:03:02.590 don't even do anything Christmassy. They don't 00:03:02.590 --> 00:03:04.669 decorate or have little events or whatever. So 00:03:04.669 --> 00:03:07.650 I couldn't even culminate a whole Christmas time 00:03:07.650 --> 00:03:10.030 at lighthouses episode. There was only like two 00:03:10.030 --> 00:03:13.289 lighthouses that did something. Mentionable for 00:03:13.289 --> 00:03:16.770 Christmas. So we have to skip it. It's so sad. 00:03:18.129 --> 00:03:21.449 Bless you. But I've decided that since we can't 00:03:21.449 --> 00:03:23.409 make a full episode out of that, then I'll cover 00:03:23.409 --> 00:03:26.750 a lighthouse that really decks the halls for 00:03:26.750 --> 00:03:31.710 the holidays. Bows of Jolly? Exactly. Bows of 00:03:31.710 --> 00:03:39.930 Holly. What did you say? I don't know. Okay. 00:03:40.980 --> 00:03:42.919 Then we'll go back to our Green Island series 00:03:42.919 --> 00:03:46.699 after that. So it's a little blip. And I also, 00:03:46.819 --> 00:03:50.039 oh, also, and also, our giveaway is going to 00:03:50.039 --> 00:03:51.740 be when we come back. We promised a giveaway, 00:03:51.900 --> 00:03:54.099 and it was too much to do it right now. So we're 00:03:54.099 --> 00:03:56.680 going to come back. I have a vendor for swag. 00:03:56.819 --> 00:03:59.219 A giveaway is coming up. We have some, yeah, 00:03:59.319 --> 00:04:02.240 it's happening. Yeah, it's happening. We did 00:04:02.240 --> 00:04:04.919 promise a giveaway, and it is coming, just when 00:04:04.919 --> 00:04:08.639 things are less crazy. All right. History buoy. 00:04:09.469 --> 00:04:11.870 I promised I was going to talk about this, I 00:04:11.870 --> 00:04:13.310 think, on the last episode. They've all kind 00:04:13.310 --> 00:04:16.750 of blurred together. Keeper Class Coastal Buoy 00:04:16.750 --> 00:04:19.610 Tenders is what we're talking about today. Keeper 00:04:19.610 --> 00:04:22.970 Class? Yes. Coastal Buoy Tenders. Buoy Tenders, 00:04:22.990 --> 00:04:26.110 yeah. Buoy Tenders are a type of boat, and Keeper 00:04:26.110 --> 00:04:29.870 Class is their type, which is pretty exciting. 00:04:30.170 --> 00:04:33.339 Keeper Class. It's a cool name. So this is a 00:04:33.339 --> 00:04:36.139 class of Coast Guard ship named after influential 00:04:36.139 --> 00:04:39.240 lighthouse keepers of the past. So they released 00:04:39.240 --> 00:04:42.160 them all. Can you go to our first photo, please? 00:04:42.480 --> 00:04:45.480 And slide. Slide. And slide. Yes. So here's a 00:04:45.480 --> 00:04:47.639 picture. They all look the same. They just have 00:04:47.639 --> 00:04:51.100 different numbers. And they're all each named 00:04:51.100 --> 00:04:53.379 after a different lighthouse keeper. So these 00:04:53.379 --> 00:04:55.720 were all commissioned and completed between 1995 00:04:55.720 --> 00:04:58.959 and 2000. And there are 14 of them in service. 00:04:59.160 --> 00:05:01.180 So I didn't know anything about this. It talks 00:05:01.180 --> 00:05:03.750 about like. the propellers and the rudders and 00:05:03.750 --> 00:05:08.110 the drive propulsion system. Yeah. You don't, 00:05:08.110 --> 00:05:13.029 do you know anything? Z drive? Nope. Okay. Well, 00:05:13.750 --> 00:05:16.550 I'm thinking about it for sure. I was like, Oh, 00:05:16.550 --> 00:05:18.449 I love it. And then it was just like, I don't 00:05:18.449 --> 00:05:21.470 know. I mean, it's a boat and we don't talk boats. 00:05:21.529 --> 00:05:23.850 I'm guessing it's the orientation of the drive 00:05:23.850 --> 00:05:28.290 shafts. Um, in some like road vehicles, they 00:05:28.290 --> 00:05:31.990 have a shaft that switches between, well, historically, 00:05:31.990 --> 00:05:35.350 between two -wheel and four -wheel drive to where 00:05:35.350 --> 00:05:36.990 you'd be driving just the rear wheels and then 00:05:36.990 --> 00:05:39.209 also the front wheels. I'm guessing they have 00:05:39.209 --> 00:05:42.730 propellers and the motor are oriented similar. 00:05:43.029 --> 00:05:46.389 But I'm unsure. I have a picture. Actually, yeah. 00:05:46.449 --> 00:05:49.629 Can you go to the next one? Before we jump, can 00:05:49.629 --> 00:05:51.949 we talk about this one? For our listeners who 00:05:51.949 --> 00:05:55.370 are just listening. Oh, yeah. So the Tender is 00:05:55.370 --> 00:05:58.430 a really cool, very rugged -looking ship. Black 00:05:58.430 --> 00:06:02.779 paint on the hull. 551 is this exact number we're 00:06:02.779 --> 00:06:06.180 looking at. U .S. Coast Guard ship. I don't know 00:06:06.180 --> 00:06:08.759 the red, white, and blue stripe. Are you familiar 00:06:08.759 --> 00:06:10.220 with what that is? It's pretty cool. It's Coast 00:06:10.220 --> 00:06:14.240 Guard emblem. So they all have that same emblem 00:06:14.240 --> 00:06:16.319 on the side. Or maybe it's specific for the keeper 00:06:16.319 --> 00:06:18.920 class, but the photo that I'm going to show later, 00:06:19.019 --> 00:06:23.660 each keeper's boat has its own seal. Okay, we'll 00:06:23.660 --> 00:06:26.399 get to it then. And then I wanted to say it looks 00:06:26.399 --> 00:06:28.670 like there's a crane. Built into the front of 00:06:28.670 --> 00:06:30.629 the ship. And they have a cutout in the middle 00:06:30.629 --> 00:06:32.750 of the ship so that when they pull over a buoy 00:06:32.750 --> 00:06:36.069 to do some service on it, it doesn't have to 00:06:36.069 --> 00:06:37.790 lift all the way over the edge of the ship. It 00:06:37.790 --> 00:06:40.329 just goes through the middle. Really cool. Yeah. 00:06:41.370 --> 00:06:44.189 So there's our propulsion system. They can rotate 00:06:44.189 --> 00:06:48.470 360 degrees so that they can make really sharp 00:06:48.470 --> 00:06:51.509 turns. And it has a thruster in the bow, so they're 00:06:51.509 --> 00:06:54.389 unmatched in maneuverability. Like these are 00:06:54.389 --> 00:06:57.899 the keeper ships with really, really good. Movement. 00:06:57.899 --> 00:07:01.160 Go any direction. Movement, yeah. They each carry 00:07:01.160 --> 00:07:04.000 a crew of 24, and while they're not classified 00:07:04.000 --> 00:07:06.019 as icebreakers, they can travel through nine 00:07:06.019 --> 00:07:10.560 inches of ice at three knots. Oh, no. I didn't 00:07:10.560 --> 00:07:13.680 look up how many three knots is. Slow. I know, 00:07:13.740 --> 00:07:15.819 but fast for going through nine inches? I mean, 00:07:16.000 --> 00:07:19.379 yeah. In miles per hour. Also, nine inches of 00:07:19.379 --> 00:07:21.379 ice is a significant amount. Oh, three and a 00:07:21.379 --> 00:07:23.279 half miles per hour. Yeah, so walking speed. 00:07:23.920 --> 00:07:26.560 Okay. Okay. All right. Well, to be honest, faster 00:07:26.560 --> 00:07:28.600 walking speed for us Americans. Yeah, that's 00:07:28.600 --> 00:07:31.220 like where 3 .5 is like where I start to have 00:07:31.220 --> 00:07:35.459 to decide if I want to jog or not. Little steps. 00:07:35.800 --> 00:07:39.180 Each one has a length of 175 feet, a displacement 00:07:39.180 --> 00:07:44.720 of 845 tons. And this is where I'm like, I don't 00:07:44.720 --> 00:07:46.899 know what this means. It says power plant to 00:07:46.899 --> 00:07:51.939 Caterpillar 3508 TA diesel engines. Hell yeah. 00:07:53.370 --> 00:07:59.990 Ulstein Z drives, 2040 BHP. Brake horsepower. 00:08:00.410 --> 00:08:05.449 Brake horsepower? So horsepower is force over 00:08:05.449 --> 00:08:09.370 a rate of time. So power generated from, say, 00:08:09.389 --> 00:08:14.269 a motor. Brake horsepower is how you, BHP is 00:08:14.269 --> 00:08:18.589 how a motor is tested. So a brake is applied 00:08:18.589 --> 00:08:22.329 to a shaft and under brake. What is the force 00:08:22.329 --> 00:08:26.310 that's applied at a rate of speed is how horsepower 00:08:26.310 --> 00:08:30.569 is measured. So those Caterpillar engines, Caterpillar 00:08:30.569 --> 00:08:32.269 is well known for making good diesel engines. 00:08:32.470 --> 00:08:35.769 Oh, nice. They're huge in heavy on -the -road 00:08:35.769 --> 00:08:38.309 equipment and construction, as well as emergency 00:08:38.309 --> 00:08:40.409 power diesel generators that are the size of 00:08:40.409 --> 00:08:44.049 this basement. Oh, my gosh. Monsters. That's 00:08:44.049 --> 00:08:46.970 crazy. Thank you for adding that little bit of 00:08:46.970 --> 00:08:48.750 knowledge. You're welcome. They have a speed 00:08:48.750 --> 00:08:52.950 max of 12 knots. and a range of 2 ,000 nautical 00:08:52.950 --> 00:08:56.330 miles at 10 knots. So they're not the fastest 00:08:56.330 --> 00:08:58.049 of ships. They're not the fastest. They're not 00:08:58.049 --> 00:09:01.350 trying to get anywhere quickly since they're 00:09:01.350 --> 00:09:03.610 just like daily maintenance sort of things. But 00:09:03.610 --> 00:09:05.350 the maneuverability, and looking at the hull 00:09:05.350 --> 00:09:08.309 of the ship, it's like a V shape, but very, very 00:09:08.309 --> 00:09:12.669 subtle. Very flat bottom. So probably for maneuverability. 00:09:12.809 --> 00:09:15.330 And stability, because if you're swinging a giant... 00:09:15.529 --> 00:09:17.789 buoy over the edge of your ship like you don't 00:09:17.789 --> 00:09:21.129 want to tip over it's maybe people who know ships 00:09:21.129 --> 00:09:25.289 would laugh at this but 800 and some tons yeah 00:09:25.289 --> 00:09:28.289 is a displacement i can't understand how much 00:09:28.289 --> 00:09:29.929 weight that is yeah it's like when people say 00:09:29.929 --> 00:09:32.570 like a billion of something you're like i don't 00:09:32.570 --> 00:09:34.570 yeah i don't know you know a billion a billion 00:09:34.570 --> 00:09:37.570 well it's like can you okay i mean i could break 00:09:37.570 --> 00:09:41.149 it down yeah Oh, like there was that one person 00:09:41.149 --> 00:09:44.490 who did grains of rice to show how much a billion 00:09:44.490 --> 00:09:47.049 dollars was compared to like the normal average. 00:09:47.309 --> 00:09:50.110 Yeah. Well, the exponential story, right? The, 00:09:50.190 --> 00:09:52.690 the chess board, you take a grain of rice and 00:09:52.690 --> 00:09:55.529 you double it every piece. Oh yeah. And you run 00:09:55.529 --> 00:09:57.809 out of all the grains of rice on earth by the 00:09:57.809 --> 00:09:59.909 time you get to the end of the board. That's 00:09:59.909 --> 00:10:02.549 crazy. Yeah. It's from a, that's a long story. 00:10:02.970 --> 00:10:05.809 Also, one other fun example, won't say the numbers, 00:10:05.870 --> 00:10:09.059 but we were talking yesterday about, how expensive 00:10:09.059 --> 00:10:13.039 houses are in thousands of dollars increments. 00:10:13.159 --> 00:10:17.259 We're like this many hundreds of those thousand 00:10:17.259 --> 00:10:20.759 dollar increments. A thousand dollars is like 00:10:20.759 --> 00:10:23.379 a lot of money and then multiply it by hundreds. 00:10:23.980 --> 00:10:25.820 That's the biggest unit. I think I understand 00:10:25.820 --> 00:10:27.879 is a, is a thousand. Yeah. You can put them, 00:10:27.899 --> 00:10:29.480 you can put them together. You know, that's two 00:10:29.480 --> 00:10:33.919 or 5 ,000 or $15 ,000 car. Yeah. Once we start 00:10:33.919 --> 00:10:35.559 to get to the millions and stuff, it's like, 00:10:35.600 --> 00:10:39.710 I don't, I don't even know exactly. So anyway, 00:10:39.990 --> 00:10:43.190 Keeper Class Bowie Tenders are given the numbers. 00:10:43.669 --> 00:10:45.850 We talked about this a long time ago. We talked 00:10:45.850 --> 00:10:50.850 about Coast Guard numbering systems. I can't 00:10:50.850 --> 00:10:52.250 remember what episode that was. I wish I'd made 00:10:52.250 --> 00:10:57.789 a note, but it's WLM 551 through 564. So that 00:10:57.789 --> 00:11:00.590 first picture I had must have been the Ida Lewis. 00:11:01.250 --> 00:11:04.190 Yep, 551. So that was the first one that they 00:11:04.190 --> 00:11:07.879 released, Ida Lewis. I didn't make notes about 00:11:07.879 --> 00:11:09.659 all these people because a lot of them are ones 00:11:09.659 --> 00:11:11.480 we're going to cover eventually when we cover 00:11:11.480 --> 00:11:13.279 specific lighthouses. Of course. So we haven't 00:11:13.279 --> 00:11:14.960 covered Ida Lewis, but she's like one of the 00:11:14.960 --> 00:11:18.460 big names of Keeper history. You'll see her everywhere. 00:11:18.980 --> 00:11:22.480 So very exciting. That one is stationed in Newport, 00:11:22.519 --> 00:11:26.320 Rhode Island. And then 552 is the Catherine Walker 00:11:26.320 --> 00:11:29.460 in New Jersey. Do you want me to list them all? 00:11:30.159 --> 00:11:34.500 How many you got? 14. Yeah. Okay. Abby Burgess. 00:11:35.950 --> 00:11:39.450 553 Rockland, Maine. Marcus Hanna, 554 South 00:11:39.450 --> 00:11:44.210 Portland, Maine. Let's see. Joshua Appleby, 556 00:11:44.210 --> 00:11:47.789 St. Petersburg, Florida. Frank Drew. We talked 00:11:47.789 --> 00:11:50.090 about Frank Drew in our last episode, I think. 00:11:50.230 --> 00:11:52.190 Okay. I think it was last episode. Maybe the 00:11:52.190 --> 00:11:54.129 one before. I can't remember. They're all spread 00:11:54.129 --> 00:11:55.870 out, okay? I can't keep track of everything. 00:11:57.409 --> 00:12:03.330 557 Portsmouth, Virginia. Anthony. Dang it. Anthony. 00:12:04.029 --> 00:12:11.509 Petite. I don't know. 558 in Alaska. Barbara 00:12:11.509 --> 00:12:18.210 Mabriti, 559 in Mobile, Alabama. William Tate, 00:12:18.289 --> 00:12:22.190 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Harry Clyburn, Galveston, 00:12:22.190 --> 00:12:26.049 Texas. Maria Bray, Atlantic Beach, Florida. Henry 00:12:26.049 --> 00:12:29.309 Blake, Everett, Washington. And George Cobb, 00:12:29.309 --> 00:12:36.190 which is 564 in St. San? San Pedro? California. 00:12:37.450 --> 00:12:42.909 San Pedro. San Francisco. This is why I should 00:12:42.909 --> 00:12:45.190 never list things like this. I should have just 00:12:45.190 --> 00:12:47.330 posted it like, you guys can read. Whatever. 00:12:47.570 --> 00:12:49.710 San Diego. So what I was saying earlier is that 00:12:49.710 --> 00:12:53.110 they all have their own fun seals. Yes, okay. 00:12:53.250 --> 00:12:56.470 And so, yeah, go to the next picture. And I just 00:12:56.470 --> 00:13:00.019 put six of them on there, so. Ida Lewis. And 00:13:00.019 --> 00:13:02.139 I think the seals have something to do with the 00:13:02.139 --> 00:13:05.240 keepers, like their history and stuff. At least 00:13:05.240 --> 00:13:08.299 four of those names were women's names. Yeah. 00:13:08.379 --> 00:13:10.620 That's interesting to me. You started strong 00:13:10.620 --> 00:13:14.580 with women, I think, the first three. I probably 00:13:14.580 --> 00:13:17.419 did, yeah. Yeah, and then all the guys' names 00:13:17.419 --> 00:13:20.240 started coming up, and it's like just butchering 00:13:20.240 --> 00:13:24.080 them. Got a bowcat on the lap. Perfect thing 00:13:24.080 --> 00:13:28.049 to have going into our episode about... Newport 00:13:28.049 --> 00:13:31.370 Harbor Lighthouse which is also called Goat Island 00:13:31.370 --> 00:13:35.169 Lighthouse and it's very interesting because 00:13:35.169 --> 00:13:37.409 I've done a Goat Island Lighthouse and I was 00:13:37.409 --> 00:13:40.309 talking during the episode about how I kept seeing 00:13:40.309 --> 00:13:42.710 another lighthouse and being like this isn't 00:13:42.710 --> 00:13:44.309 the same right it's like a different lighthouse 00:13:44.309 --> 00:13:47.929 and it's not called Goat Island it's just referred 00:13:47.929 --> 00:13:50.990 to that like locally but the official name is 00:13:50.990 --> 00:13:53.009 Newport Harbor Lighthouse so we're gonna be covering 00:13:53.009 --> 00:13:55.889 that one today because it came up as a lighthouse 00:13:55.889 --> 00:13:59.669 that does big Christmas stuff. Oh, let's go. 00:14:00.250 --> 00:14:04.009 Or at least mentionable Christmas stuff. Jingle 00:14:04.009 --> 00:14:08.570 jangle. Jingle jangle is so right. Oh, and Goat 00:14:08.570 --> 00:14:11.009 Island Lighthouse, the episode was last November. 00:14:11.409 --> 00:14:14.649 Oh my gosh. It just happened to be what we're 00:14:14.649 --> 00:14:15.870 talking about today. I thought it was interesting. 00:14:16.029 --> 00:14:19.629 Fun. Time is flying. So we have the photo pulled 00:14:19.629 --> 00:14:23.549 up of the map. The map. We are in Rhode Island. 00:14:24.110 --> 00:14:26.740 Newport Harbor has been... An important site 00:14:26.740 --> 00:14:30.179 of commerce since the early 1700s. And that's 00:14:30.179 --> 00:14:32.899 for stuff like sugar, molasses, shipbuilding. 00:14:33.179 --> 00:14:35.620 What else do I have on here? Whaling and fishing. 00:14:36.080 --> 00:14:39.940 So lots, lots of high -paying good stuff going 00:14:39.940 --> 00:14:44.220 on through this harbor. Nautical. Nautical. Isn't 00:14:44.220 --> 00:14:45.940 everything that we talk about? Anytime I see 00:14:45.940 --> 00:14:49.700 a wharf, I get excited. Yeah. We go to the wharf 00:14:49.700 --> 00:14:52.220 when we visit my grandparents. Oh, really? In 00:14:52.220 --> 00:14:56.740 Ventura, California. To be honest with you, it's 00:14:56.740 --> 00:15:00.080 like a mall. Oh. But, you know, like I bought 00:15:00.080 --> 00:15:02.879 jeans there. I bought a t -shirt. But I think 00:15:02.879 --> 00:15:04.500 of it as cool because it's next to the beach. 00:15:04.620 --> 00:15:06.720 Yeah. Anyways, sorry. There's a wharf on the 00:15:06.720 --> 00:15:09.580 map here. Probably a real wharf and not a shopping 00:15:09.580 --> 00:15:11.879 wharf. I bet you there's a lot of shopping there 00:15:11.879 --> 00:15:14.379 today. The entrance to the harbor is marked with 00:15:14.379 --> 00:15:17.279 a small island called Goat Island. And they called 00:15:17.279 --> 00:15:19.559 it this because they would release their goats 00:15:19.559 --> 00:15:24.940 to pasture on the island. Nice. That's about 00:15:24.940 --> 00:15:27.659 it. That's where the name comes from? Yeah, that's 00:15:27.659 --> 00:15:29.200 about what you would expect. Why is it called 00:15:29.200 --> 00:15:30.580 Goat Island? It's probably because there's goats 00:15:30.580 --> 00:15:33.919 on it. Yeah, like Hog Island. Yeah, exactly. 00:15:34.220 --> 00:15:36.559 Because there were hogs. The Goat Island was 00:15:36.559 --> 00:15:40.059 ceded from Newport to the government in 1799 00:15:40.059 --> 00:15:43.539 so that Fort Walcott could be constructed on 00:15:43.539 --> 00:15:47.200 it. Okay. And this was actually the fifth fort 00:15:47.200 --> 00:15:50.330 to be built on this island's history. Proceeded 00:15:50.330 --> 00:15:53.110 by Fort Washington, Fort Liberty, Fort George, 00:15:53.129 --> 00:15:56.730 and first by Fort Ann in 1702. So we've got a 00:15:56.730 --> 00:15:59.669 lot of history here on this teeny island that 00:15:59.669 --> 00:16:01.649 you can see on the screen if you're looking at 00:16:01.649 --> 00:16:05.950 our YouTube. Yeah. Very exciting. In 1823, Congress 00:16:05.950 --> 00:16:09.529 paid $2 ,500 for a lighthouse to be built on 00:16:09.529 --> 00:16:12.509 this little island. And so they went with a 20 00:16:12.509 --> 00:16:15.190 -foot stone tower and a six -room keeper's dwelling. 00:16:15.570 --> 00:16:17.909 And the fixed white light was lit on New Year's 00:16:17.909 --> 00:16:21.049 Day, 1824. Can you go to the next picture? Absolutely. 00:16:21.509 --> 00:16:24.610 Thank you. Yeah, so this, I have something else 00:16:24.610 --> 00:16:26.450 to mention about this, but this was, I think, 00:16:26.450 --> 00:16:29.929 an etching of the original lighthouse. Original. 00:16:30.629 --> 00:16:34.090 Focus on original lighthouse. Yeah, black and 00:16:34.090 --> 00:16:37.450 white could be a photo, but I think you're right. 00:16:37.549 --> 00:16:42.029 It's a very domed square, so it's very flat on 00:16:42.029 --> 00:16:44.649 the front. I hate to do this to you. Do you know 00:16:44.649 --> 00:16:46.889 what's on top of the cupola? No, I have no idea. 00:16:46.950 --> 00:16:48.970 It looks like a little, like... Something you 00:16:48.970 --> 00:16:53.789 would lift stuff with. Yeah. Like a derrick. 00:16:54.149 --> 00:16:57.610 Yeah, exactly. Yeah. But I don't know. In the 00:16:57.610 --> 00:16:59.710 background, you can see our keepers dwelling. 00:16:59.970 --> 00:17:03.730 Yeah. Let's stop interrupting you. Unfortunately, 00:17:04.329 --> 00:17:06.910 Newport Harbor Light was not located in a good 00:17:06.910 --> 00:17:10.430 position to mark a shallow reef that was like 00:17:10.430 --> 00:17:13.390 just north of the island. Okay. So like it was 00:17:13.390 --> 00:17:15.630 doing a good job in every other way, but they 00:17:15.630 --> 00:17:18.279 didn't really. They didn't really foresee this 00:17:18.279 --> 00:17:22.920 little reef being an issue particularly. So while 00:17:22.920 --> 00:17:26.619 everything else improved, tons of ships started 00:17:26.619 --> 00:17:29.660 to run aground on this shallow reef because originally, 00:17:29.799 --> 00:17:31.880 you know, they'd give it a really wide berth, 00:17:31.880 --> 00:17:34.039 you know, when they're coming in with their ships. 00:17:34.140 --> 00:17:35.420 And then if they have a lighthouse there, they 00:17:35.420 --> 00:17:37.059 have this false sense of security where they 00:17:37.059 --> 00:17:39.180 can like hug the island really tight. And so 00:17:39.180 --> 00:17:42.359 they're hitting this reef every time. Sorry. 00:17:42.579 --> 00:17:46.490 Huh? It's not funny. It's not funny. Not funny. 00:17:46.730 --> 00:17:48.910 They were probably all right. Just a lot of - 00:17:48.910 --> 00:17:50.849 If they were okay, it's hilarious. Yeah. A lot 00:17:50.849 --> 00:17:54.130 of money damage, I think, is the focus. A lot 00:17:54.130 --> 00:17:57.390 of lives lost, but a lot of cash lost. Within 00:17:57.390 --> 00:17:58.910 10 years, it was decided that the lighthouse 00:17:58.910 --> 00:18:01.329 needed to be moved, so that's pretty quick in 00:18:01.329 --> 00:18:03.710 lighthouse terms. Short. They added a breakwater 00:18:03.710 --> 00:18:05.710 on the north side of Goat Island, so they're 00:18:05.710 --> 00:18:07.869 extending the lighthouse from the island out 00:18:07.869 --> 00:18:11.230 towards that shallow reef, so it reduces the 00:18:11.230 --> 00:18:14.529 - closeness of people like passing over the top 00:18:14.529 --> 00:18:18.710 some more space yep from 1834 to 1842 this was 00:18:18.710 --> 00:18:21.109 a very long construction period we're talking 00:18:21.109 --> 00:18:24.109 about what is that almost that's eight years 00:18:24.109 --> 00:18:28.650 i guess over 67 000 was spent on adding a breakwater 00:18:28.650 --> 00:18:30.970 and building a new lighthouse on the end of it 00:18:30.970 --> 00:18:35.890 that is a lot in the 1867 grand yeah and that's 00:18:35.890 --> 00:18:39.630 not even get about 10 houses back then dang it 00:18:39.630 --> 00:18:42.700 so real right now The original lighthouse was 00:18:42.700 --> 00:18:44.880 kept lit throughout that construction, so we 00:18:44.880 --> 00:18:47.900 still had a lighthouse. But until they transferred 00:18:47.900 --> 00:18:51.579 the lighting apparatus to the new 29 -foot octagonal 00:18:51.579 --> 00:18:54.859 granite tower, and the inside was lined with 00:18:54.859 --> 00:18:57.880 stone and a stone spiral stairway. Cool. Can 00:18:57.880 --> 00:19:01.299 you check if I put that photo in here? I did. 00:19:01.519 --> 00:19:03.839 Yeah, stone stairway. Isn't that cool? So cool, 00:19:04.119 --> 00:19:06.809 yeah. Oh, that's an awesome photo on the left, 00:19:06.829 --> 00:19:08.890 too. Isn't that beautiful? Showing kind of the 00:19:08.890 --> 00:19:11.130 new keeper's house. Integral tower, it looks 00:19:11.130 --> 00:19:14.569 like. So the house actually came later. It used 00:19:14.569 --> 00:19:17.210 to just be the tower. So this is a, obviously, 00:19:17.329 --> 00:19:21.710 this was finished in 1842. So I don't have a 00:19:21.710 --> 00:19:24.970 photo of it exactly. Really cool photo of this 00:19:24.970 --> 00:19:27.410 one, though. Yeah, this picture is really nice. 00:19:27.569 --> 00:19:28.910 I like how they always have somebody standing 00:19:28.910 --> 00:19:31.250 in front. They did for the last lighthouse, too. 00:19:31.430 --> 00:19:35.049 Yeah, repping for scale. They always do. The 00:19:35.049 --> 00:19:38.269 old tower was dismantled in 1851 and rebuilt 00:19:38.269 --> 00:19:41.349 at Prudence Island, where it still operates today. 00:19:41.430 --> 00:19:44.349 So that picture that I had originally was probably 00:19:44.349 --> 00:19:47.930 on Prudence Island. Okay. That's where it was 00:19:47.930 --> 00:19:51.130 etched or whatever. Sure. So yeah, that one's 00:19:51.130 --> 00:19:56.109 still lit, and so is ours. In 1864, a keeper's 00:19:56.109 --> 00:19:58.549 dwelling was built against the lighthouse on 00:19:58.549 --> 00:20:01.329 the 20 -foot granite pier, and the old keeper's 00:20:01.329 --> 00:20:03.430 house was demolished and the cellar filled, so 00:20:03.430 --> 00:20:07.660 it's no longer... there in any capacity but that's 00:20:07.660 --> 00:20:09.480 probably close to when this picture was taken 00:20:09.480 --> 00:20:19.400 of our lighthouse 1878 1864 okay not 78 okay 00:20:19.400 --> 00:20:27.460 coming from nowhere 1869 a naval torpedo station 00:20:27.460 --> 00:20:32.650 was built on um The island to research and develop 00:20:32.650 --> 00:20:35.630 torpedoes. And this became like a big torpedo 00:20:35.630 --> 00:20:39.430 station for like a long time. 1873, a fog bell 00:20:39.430 --> 00:20:41.190 and striking mechanism were added. So that's 00:20:41.190 --> 00:20:43.190 the building that's on the left in this photo. 00:20:43.450 --> 00:20:45.509 So this is probably that. So you actually, you 00:20:45.509 --> 00:20:47.289 were probably right about the date. You said 00:20:47.289 --> 00:20:52.130 1878? Yep. This was 1873. So there's a possibility 00:20:52.130 --> 00:20:54.990 that that was about when this picture was taken. 00:20:56.809 --> 00:21:01.210 Interesting. 1891, we're almost to the 1900s. 00:21:01.210 --> 00:21:03.230 A clockwork was added to make the lighthouse 00:21:03.230 --> 00:21:06.349 occulting, flashing white for 15 seconds and 00:21:06.349 --> 00:21:09.150 dark for five. So now we have a flashing tower. 00:21:09.369 --> 00:21:11.690 I wonder which lighthouse was built that made 00:21:11.690 --> 00:21:14.710 it no longer a fixed white. There's always something. 00:21:14.970 --> 00:21:16.829 I don't know. There's always another lighthouse 00:21:16.829 --> 00:21:18.829 that pops up that's like, okay, we need to change 00:21:18.829 --> 00:21:21.390 up our lights. I think that's a pretty unique 00:21:21.390 --> 00:21:24.049 pattern, though. 15 on, five off. Yeah, like 00:21:24.049 --> 00:21:27.980 on for a long time. Yeah, kind of fun. You're 00:21:27.980 --> 00:21:29.960 right, that is a fun flashback. Usually they're 00:21:29.960 --> 00:21:34.619 so short. Yeah, they're like quick flashes. 1906, 00:21:34.759 --> 00:21:36.940 a torpedo factory was built on the island and 00:21:36.940 --> 00:21:39.119 became the sole manufacturer for the U .S. Navy. 00:21:39.359 --> 00:21:43.859 So that's kind of fun. Torpedo. 1908, sorry, 00:21:44.000 --> 00:21:47.099 what year? In 1906. That's so early. Yeah, so 00:21:47.099 --> 00:21:50.460 we were already researching and developing torpedoes, 00:21:50.460 --> 00:21:52.680 but now there's a factory that's producing them 00:21:52.680 --> 00:21:58.079 exclusively. Interesting. In 1921, a 155 -foot 00:21:58.079 --> 00:22:01.559 submarine rammed into our breakwater. I'm like, 00:22:01.599 --> 00:22:06.440 what are you doing? Is it one of ours? Yes. Keep 00:22:06.440 --> 00:22:08.539 your eyes out. Windshield must have got dirty. 00:22:08.880 --> 00:22:11.099 And it severely damaged the keeper's dwelling. 00:22:11.279 --> 00:22:14.000 So instead of rebuilding, they decided to remove 00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:16.779 the house and the fog building and electrify 00:22:16.779 --> 00:22:20.079 the lighthouse. So that ended the keeper's positions 00:22:20.079 --> 00:22:23.549 at our station. And I have a photo. Mind your 00:22:23.549 --> 00:22:27.430 torpedoes. Yeah, keep an eye out for your submarines. 00:22:27.450 --> 00:22:28.710 Keep your submarine away from the lighthouse. 00:22:28.950 --> 00:22:30.809 You know, that's the downside of submarines is 00:22:30.809 --> 00:22:34.410 they can't see lights. Lighthouses. You're so 00:22:34.410 --> 00:22:35.970 right. Because they're under the water. You're 00:22:35.970 --> 00:22:39.009 so right. Silly. It's like the one thing that 00:22:39.009 --> 00:22:41.190 would run into a lighthouse. You're so right. 00:22:43.289 --> 00:22:45.109 It's embarrassing. Even a plane wouldn't hit 00:22:45.109 --> 00:22:48.009 one. Yeah. I mean, it's unlikely unless there 00:22:48.009 --> 00:22:50.430 was an accident. The lighthouse was automated 00:22:50.430 --> 00:22:54.230 in 1963, but is still an active guide to navigation 00:22:54.230 --> 00:22:56.549 today. So that's fun because I've been giving 00:22:56.549 --> 00:22:59.869 you guys lots of lighthouses that are... Retired. 00:23:00.450 --> 00:23:03.710 Ruins. A lot more than retired. Retired from 00:23:03.710 --> 00:23:06.670 life. Well, this one's still kicking. That's 00:23:06.670 --> 00:23:09.349 good. Yeah. Still flashing. What's the pattern 00:23:09.349 --> 00:23:11.890 today? Do you know? Oh, that's a good question. 00:23:11.890 --> 00:23:14.829 I want to say yeah, but that's because I don't 00:23:14.829 --> 00:23:17.640 have any other information. I like it. Could 00:23:17.640 --> 00:23:20.680 be different. Usually I check the USLHS light 00:23:20.680 --> 00:23:22.880 list, so I'm surprised I didn't this time. You 00:23:22.880 --> 00:23:26.720 know, things are just a little crazy. If you 00:23:26.720 --> 00:23:30.279 can't hear it, we are ragged. It's going so good. 00:23:30.400 --> 00:23:32.859 Am I doing a bad job? No. Oh. Just like my... 00:23:32.859 --> 00:23:37.880 Your eyes are sunken. I am sporadic. I'm sorry. 00:23:38.000 --> 00:23:39.720 We're going to look so tired on our wedding day. 00:23:39.799 --> 00:23:41.839 They're going to be like, what happened? I don't 00:23:41.839 --> 00:23:43.619 know. I don't know. Didn't you guys get married 00:23:43.619 --> 00:23:47.259 when you were 30? What is... Why do you look 00:23:47.259 --> 00:23:51.400 so old? Why does she have gray hair? Why do his 00:23:51.400 --> 00:23:57.019 eyes look like Kermit the Frog? It's fine. We're 00:23:57.019 --> 00:24:01.700 thriving. In the 70s, the area between the island 00:24:01.700 --> 00:24:09.980 and the lighthouse was filled. Too much excitement 00:24:09.980 --> 00:24:14.319 made me choke. Filled in. I just thought it was 00:24:14.319 --> 00:24:17.180 fun and then it got ruined. I'm having fun. And 00:24:17.180 --> 00:24:20.660 a hotel was built on this new land. Okay, I'm 00:24:20.660 --> 00:24:23.859 kind of. We'll come back to that interesting. 00:24:23.940 --> 00:24:26.980 Did the submarine hit it? No. Maybe it was a 00:24:26.980 --> 00:24:31.960 blimp. He's losing it. The old sky submarine. 00:24:34.079 --> 00:24:36.019 Coast Guard completely renovated the lighthouse 00:24:36.019 --> 00:24:39.940 in 1989, which is early for a renovation. It 00:24:39.940 --> 00:24:42.880 is. Normally we see. That in the 90s, like late 00:24:42.880 --> 00:24:44.960 90s and early 2000s. Yeah, it must have been 00:24:44.960 --> 00:24:47.019 one of the early ones in that big movement. Yeah, 00:24:47.059 --> 00:24:50.740 they must have liked it and focused on it. And 00:24:50.740 --> 00:24:53.460 was added to the National Register of Historic 00:24:53.460 --> 00:24:56.180 Places, like right before that. They leased the 00:24:56.180 --> 00:24:57.859 light to the American Lighthouse Foundation, 00:24:57.920 --> 00:24:59.980 which started a chapter called the Friends of 00:24:59.980 --> 00:25:02.980 Newport Harbor Light to maintain it. Let's go. 00:25:03.039 --> 00:25:06.140 So let's go. In 2005, the light was changed to 00:25:06.140 --> 00:25:08.660 fixed green. If you want to click. Oh yeah, clicking. 00:25:10.119 --> 00:25:12.480 And that's a beautiful photo. It's not on, but 00:25:12.480 --> 00:25:14.779 you can tell that it's green from the way it 00:25:14.779 --> 00:25:17.220 is. Yeah. From the way that it is, the color 00:25:17.220 --> 00:25:19.559 that you can see. Really cool tree. Isn't it 00:25:19.559 --> 00:25:21.400 pretty? Yeah. And you can see that they added 00:25:21.400 --> 00:25:23.799 the land. It's no longer a breakwater. Kind of 00:25:23.799 --> 00:25:26.339 cool. The year after that, a restoration was 00:25:26.339 --> 00:25:29.339 done of the tower painting, repointing, and repairing 00:25:29.339 --> 00:25:31.940 railings. Repointing? Yeah. That's when they 00:25:31.940 --> 00:25:34.299 put new mortar, I think, between the bricks. 00:25:34.599 --> 00:25:39.829 Yeah. We mentioned that years ago. Because I 00:25:39.829 --> 00:25:41.410 was like repointing. That's probably supposed 00:25:41.410 --> 00:25:45.630 to say repainting, but nope. Cool. And apparently 00:25:45.630 --> 00:25:49.930 in 2018, the American Lighthouse Foundation did 00:25:49.930 --> 00:25:53.430 not renew their lease with the lighthouse. So 00:25:53.430 --> 00:25:57.009 it's unclear. Why? I haven't been able to find 00:25:57.009 --> 00:25:59.250 out who is maintaining it because it still looks 00:25:59.250 --> 00:26:02.529 good. And so like somebody's got to be. I mean, 00:26:02.529 --> 00:26:05.529 it could be the city. Oh, yeah. If it's, you 00:26:05.529 --> 00:26:08.430 know, it could be the friends of, you know, shout 00:26:08.430 --> 00:26:11.670 out. friends of xyz and lighthouses they're all 00:26:11.670 --> 00:26:14.109 over the place yeah like if a new chapter or 00:26:14.109 --> 00:26:16.710 a new yeah group came up but i'm curious everywhere 00:26:16.710 --> 00:26:18.650 i look it still says the american lighthouse 00:26:18.650 --> 00:26:21.309 foundation maintains it and so i wonder if in 00:26:21.309 --> 00:26:24.349 2008 they didn't renew the lease and then maybe 00:26:24.349 --> 00:26:27.750 the next year sorry what did i say eight 2008 00:26:27.750 --> 00:26:30.369 oh yeah 2018 18 okay i was gonna say too because 00:26:30.369 --> 00:26:33.049 that that's 20 years yeah but 18 is a couple 00:26:33.420 --> 00:26:36.000 But I wonder if they took back over again like 00:26:36.000 --> 00:26:38.599 in a later year or something. Yeah, didn't renew 00:26:38.599 --> 00:26:41.559 in 18. But another interesting piece of information 00:26:41.559 --> 00:26:45.819 is that the Newport Harbor Island Resort, I think 00:26:45.819 --> 00:26:51.059 it's a Marriott or maybe a Marriott. Hyatt Marriott? 00:26:51.059 --> 00:26:52.940 I don't know why that's funny to me. What? I 00:26:52.940 --> 00:26:56.099 think of a resort, I don't think of the big names. 00:26:56.279 --> 00:26:59.299 Oh, yeah. But it's still, it's called the Newport 00:26:59.299 --> 00:27:02.299 Harbor Island Resort. But it's under, yeah, under 00:27:02.299 --> 00:27:05.650 the big name. but they refer to it as our lighthouse 00:27:05.650 --> 00:27:09.369 when talking about their annual Christmas lighting. 00:27:10.990 --> 00:27:13.170 Maybe they own it. So that's what I was thinking. 00:27:13.210 --> 00:27:15.769 I was like, maybe the land, maybe there, but 00:27:15.769 --> 00:27:18.069 it's still an active guide to navigation. So 00:27:18.069 --> 00:27:21.009 like what a hotel lease, a lighthouse. Well, 00:27:21.089 --> 00:27:24.430 hear me out. Okay. Hog Island, Paradise Island 00:27:24.430 --> 00:27:28.730 of Nassau, Bahamas. We know Toby Smith, who is 00:27:28.730 --> 00:27:31.890 the owner of the lighthouse. Unfortunately, it's 00:27:31.890 --> 00:27:34.799 doing. Very poorly right now. Oh, yeah, we lost 00:27:34.799 --> 00:27:37.240 the top. Yeah, it's in need of repair. Our lantern 00:27:37.240 --> 00:27:40.880 room plummeted to the ground in high winds. Everybody, 00:27:40.980 --> 00:27:44.019 give some love to our Paradise Island Lighthouse 00:27:44.019 --> 00:27:46.099 because it needs some eyes on it. It needs some 00:27:46.099 --> 00:27:48.079 eyes on it and some cash. Okay, so continue. 00:27:48.299 --> 00:27:50.680 And you should go back and listen. We interviewed 00:27:50.680 --> 00:27:53.759 Toby Smith. He was really fun to talk to. Yeah. 00:27:54.119 --> 00:27:56.400 He was in a pretty tough time. We need to check 00:27:56.400 --> 00:27:59.519 in with him again. But I follow him on Facebook, 00:27:59.559 --> 00:28:04.170 so I keep up. technically that's another i would 00:28:04.170 --> 00:28:07.150 say active guide to navigation it was on and 00:28:07.150 --> 00:28:08.869 cruise ships are coming in and out of that port 00:28:08.869 --> 00:28:14.710 every single day yeah in nassau and um i forget 00:28:14.710 --> 00:28:17.450 which cruise line royal caribbean atlantic was 00:28:17.450 --> 00:28:21.210 was in a a legal battle that was discussed on 00:28:21.210 --> 00:28:24.349 our show also with toby regarding who owns that 00:28:24.349 --> 00:28:26.670 property yeah who has the lease rather for that 00:28:26.670 --> 00:28:30.099 property and so Or where the boundary is and 00:28:30.099 --> 00:28:33.099 whatnot. Yeah. So maybe in this case also, somebody 00:28:33.099 --> 00:28:36.680 may have lease or ownership of the actual property 00:28:36.680 --> 00:28:39.200 of the lighthouse, but it's accessed through 00:28:39.200 --> 00:28:41.819 the property of this resort. Maybe the resort 00:28:41.819 --> 00:28:45.359 owns the whole spit. Yeah. Or leases the whole 00:28:45.359 --> 00:28:47.319 spit. Who knows? Maybe. I don't know. All that 00:28:47.319 --> 00:28:50.079 is to say, active guided navigation and also 00:28:50.079 --> 00:28:52.220 in question of who owns it. Who's maintaining 00:28:52.220 --> 00:28:54.579 it. Because the actual lighthouse itself has 00:28:54.579 --> 00:28:56.500 to be maintained by somebody else. Otherwise 00:28:56.500 --> 00:28:59.910 it would. Coast Guard is only concerned with 00:28:59.910 --> 00:29:03.230 having the light on. And so if there's no one 00:29:03.230 --> 00:29:05.549 to maintain the lighthouse, they just put a light 00:29:05.549 --> 00:29:08.890 on like a little stick or a skeleton tower or 00:29:08.890 --> 00:29:11.670 something. I mean, I get how it happens, of course. 00:29:11.809 --> 00:29:13.529 We don't have that much money to throw around. 00:29:14.529 --> 00:29:30.079 Anyway, annual Christmas tree lining. Annual. 00:29:30.079 --> 00:29:33.220 Very exciting. And that's what I wanted to focus 00:29:33.220 --> 00:29:35.859 to be on. Let's go. Can you go to the next picture? 00:29:37.279 --> 00:29:39.940 Oh, that's pretty. Isn't that beautiful? Okay, 00:29:40.019 --> 00:29:42.339 so we have lights going up and down each of the 00:29:42.339 --> 00:29:46.059 octagonal, what do you call them? Chrismas. Edges 00:29:46.059 --> 00:29:49.140 of the lighthouse. We have a wreath in the middle. 00:29:49.160 --> 00:29:51.420 We have garland all the way around the top along 00:29:51.420 --> 00:29:53.740 with more lights. That's beautiful. It kind of 00:29:53.740 --> 00:29:56.759 adds to more festive magic for the light itself 00:29:56.759 --> 00:30:01.720 to be green. So very beautiful. And that is thrown 00:30:01.720 --> 00:30:07.059 by the resort. So November 29th this year. So 00:30:07.059 --> 00:30:09.900 it's passed at this point, unfortunately. But 00:30:09.900 --> 00:30:12.880 you can go next year. From 5 p .m. to 10 p .m. 00:30:12.880 --> 00:30:14.660 they had their event where the lighthouse was 00:30:14.660 --> 00:30:16.299 decorated with garland, a wreath, and Christmas 00:30:16.299 --> 00:30:19.880 lights. And the resort had carolers, warm drinks, 00:30:19.980 --> 00:30:22.759 which they said some spiked options, which would 00:30:22.759 --> 00:30:24.779 be important to me because that's how it's fun. 00:30:25.299 --> 00:30:27.940 Live music, treats, and a hot chocolate bar. 00:30:28.099 --> 00:30:30.220 And it was all free to attend. So you could just 00:30:30.220 --> 00:30:34.640 come out to the island and check it out. That's 00:30:34.640 --> 00:30:38.579 awesome. You know, I'm so interested in lighthouse 00:30:38.579 --> 00:30:41.059 tourism, right? Maybe there's a better word or 00:30:41.059 --> 00:30:44.940 phrase. But going to do things and making lighthouses 00:30:44.940 --> 00:30:48.140 a part of what you're doing. Whether it's in 00:30:48.140 --> 00:30:52.339 your town or a different country. I mean, I'm 00:30:52.339 --> 00:30:54.700 fascinated. Do you know, could you remind me 00:30:54.700 --> 00:30:56.059 the name of this? Do you have any more information 00:30:56.059 --> 00:31:00.140 on the resort here? Oh, yeah. Newport Harbor. 00:31:01.839 --> 00:31:06.400 I lost it. Island Resort. Okay. And if you look 00:31:06.400 --> 00:31:08.980 it up, they have a really great website. And 00:31:08.980 --> 00:31:11.619 I think it's slightly bougie. I'll check it out. 00:31:11.779 --> 00:31:15.299 Okay. That's fun. I don't know. There's all sorts, 00:31:15.420 --> 00:31:18.220 like, how cool is that? Yeah. Especially if you 00:31:18.220 --> 00:31:19.759 weren't expecting it. You happen to be there 00:31:19.759 --> 00:31:22.400 November 29th and like, hey, we have a, you know. 00:31:22.460 --> 00:31:24.200 We have a lighthouse lighting. It's like, what? 00:31:24.480 --> 00:31:27.259 How cool is that? There was one time, side story. 00:31:28.019 --> 00:31:31.640 One time we took a flight. We weren't supposed 00:31:31.640 --> 00:31:33.519 to be on the flight. We had a different flight 00:31:33.519 --> 00:31:39.920 and we missed it. And so we're flying from Denver. 00:31:41.140 --> 00:31:44.509 No, no. We were in Vancouver, Canada. We were 00:31:44.509 --> 00:31:47.450 flying to Whitehorse, Canada. Okay. So we were 00:31:47.450 --> 00:31:49.549 going backpacking. It was this awesome adventure. 00:31:49.769 --> 00:31:54.910 Oh, yeah. 2015. And before we got on, it's a 00:31:54.910 --> 00:31:57.160 long story. Before we got on the flight. um, 00:31:57.359 --> 00:31:59.200 there was like this little thing that got set 00:31:59.200 --> 00:32:01.339 up this table and these people came and there 00:32:01.339 --> 00:32:03.960 was a cake, a big chocolate cake, like four or 00:32:03.960 --> 00:32:06.440 five tiers. It was huge. And champagne was being 00:32:06.440 --> 00:32:08.480 poured. And we were like, Oh my God, someone's 00:32:08.480 --> 00:32:11.440 arriving. Like a VIP is coming or, you know, 00:32:11.440 --> 00:32:14.019 what's happening. It's this small, uh, small 00:32:14.019 --> 00:32:16.359 part of the airport, not a small airport. And 00:32:16.359 --> 00:32:19.160 then, you know, we're sitting 20 feet away. This, 00:32:19.279 --> 00:32:22.559 uh, uh, a lady event host comes over and says, 00:32:22.700 --> 00:32:24.599 if you'd like, you can go ahead and get chocolate 00:32:24.599 --> 00:32:28.559 cake now. And we're like, Oh, we're and she's 00:32:28.559 --> 00:32:30.900 like, no, no, no. This is the first flight. This 00:32:30.900 --> 00:32:34.420 is the inaugural flight for this or this airline 00:32:34.420 --> 00:32:38.160 flying this route. So we just accidentally and 00:32:38.160 --> 00:32:42.140 it was not cheap. Yeah, we got we got like there 00:32:42.140 --> 00:32:43.619 was a fruit tray. It was a whole thing. It was 00:32:43.619 --> 00:32:45.460 real informal, but they did. Someone stood up 00:32:45.460 --> 00:32:47.539 there and said something. And the captain, the 00:32:47.539 --> 00:32:49.880 pilot of the plane shook somebody's hand. Yeah. 00:32:50.000 --> 00:32:54.220 And it was a not a long flight. But we we talk 00:32:54.220 --> 00:32:57.190 about. My brother and I still, how fantastic 00:32:57.190 --> 00:32:59.130 this flight was because they served chocolate 00:32:59.130 --> 00:33:03.089 cake again on the flight. Specifically because 00:33:03.089 --> 00:33:05.869 of the chocolate cake. So weird side story, but 00:33:05.869 --> 00:33:09.309 put yourself in the tourism lighthouse world. 00:33:10.690 --> 00:33:12.809 Get out there. Fun things are going to happen. 00:33:12.809 --> 00:33:15.150 It's like chocolate cake on a flight. So somebody, 00:33:15.190 --> 00:33:17.859 I bet you somebody had that experience. That 00:33:17.859 --> 00:33:19.380 day is why I say all that. It's just something 00:33:19.380 --> 00:33:20.700 totally random. Maybe they didn't even know the 00:33:20.700 --> 00:33:22.339 lighthouse was there. Exactly. Even just staying 00:33:22.339 --> 00:33:24.099 at the resort and then being like, is that a 00:33:24.099 --> 00:33:27.059 lighthouse out there? Like, whoa. Something so 00:33:27.059 --> 00:33:29.900 cool. And the resort's right next to it. So you 00:33:29.900 --> 00:33:33.200 see the flashing, the green light. Ooh, do they 00:33:33.200 --> 00:33:36.279 have lighthouse view rooms? You should stay there. 00:33:36.279 --> 00:33:39.980 I bet you they do. If they wanted to reach out 00:33:39.980 --> 00:33:43.559 to us. Yeah. Give us a room and we'll cover more. 00:33:44.240 --> 00:33:46.720 You know? Yeah, we already did this for free. 00:33:46.720 --> 00:33:52.160 Dang it. Yep. That's what our podcast is. But 00:33:52.160 --> 00:33:55.140 anyway, the Lighthouse Lighting is only part 00:33:55.140 --> 00:33:57.940 of the Newport festivities for the Christmas 00:33:57.940 --> 00:34:01.000 season as they celebrate the 55th annual Christmas 00:34:01.000 --> 00:34:03.319 in Newport. So I have another picture pulled 00:34:03.319 --> 00:34:05.940 up. Newport is one of those places that goes 00:34:05.940 --> 00:34:08.039 absolutely crazy for Christmas time. This is 00:34:08.039 --> 00:34:12.280 just the wharf that we saw on the thing. Just 00:34:12.280 --> 00:34:14.059 the wharf. You don't say just the wharf. No, 00:34:14.059 --> 00:34:16.420 I'm just saying like, look at how many Christmas 00:34:16.420 --> 00:34:19.559 trees. There's a lot. How many are we on? One, 00:34:19.559 --> 00:34:21.659 two, three. There's a bunch of small ones. You 00:34:21.659 --> 00:34:25.840 got to count them all. A minimum of 15. And there 00:34:25.840 --> 00:34:28.920 are Christmas trees inside as well. Oh, shoot. 00:34:28.980 --> 00:34:31.400 Yeah, you kind of can't. Christmas. Can't really 00:34:31.400 --> 00:34:33.920 count them all. So we've got door decorating 00:34:33.920 --> 00:34:37.039 contests. We've got holiday markets, lantern 00:34:37.039 --> 00:34:40.440 lit walking tours, which would be awesome. Light 00:34:40.440 --> 00:34:43.340 shows, mansion Christmas displays. I don't know 00:34:43.340 --> 00:34:45.800 what's going on in Newport, but apparently there's 00:34:45.800 --> 00:34:49.559 a lot of mansions and they do competitive Christmas 00:34:49.559 --> 00:34:53.739 displays where you can go inside and see their 00:34:53.739 --> 00:34:57.719 ballroom decorated for Christmas. See, that's 00:34:57.719 --> 00:34:59.840 where we need to be looking at houses. I will 00:34:59.840 --> 00:35:05.000 say, yeah. Wait, let me finish my list. Lots 00:35:05.000 --> 00:35:07.780 of workshops displays and anything you can think 00:35:07.780 --> 00:35:10.360 of in Newport for Christmas time. They've got 00:35:10.360 --> 00:35:13.659 it. Newport is a very heavy Christmas themed 00:35:13.659 --> 00:35:17.500 place around this time of year. So it's like 00:35:17.500 --> 00:35:20.400 when we covered Edgerton. Yeah. Or is it Edgar 00:35:20.400 --> 00:35:23.199 Town? Edgar Town. I can't remember. I know. But 00:35:23.199 --> 00:35:25.760 they went crazy for Christmas too. So it's like 00:35:25.760 --> 00:35:29.440 a small coastal town thing. Yeah. They go crazy. 00:35:29.719 --> 00:35:32.400 I was going to say Christmas is, I mean, we're 00:35:32.400 --> 00:35:37.030 getting married. soon yeah we are and so everything's 00:35:37.030 --> 00:35:40.030 christmas right yeah and we're doing a mini honeymoon 00:35:40.030 --> 00:35:43.010 right after christmas themed all these things 00:35:43.010 --> 00:35:47.050 christmas is alive and well so many things people 00:35:47.050 --> 00:35:49.710 are complaining about that we've lost or that 00:35:49.710 --> 00:35:51.369 have changed or they're not like they used to 00:35:51.369 --> 00:35:54.989 be or now it's all corporate uh yeah people are 00:35:54.989 --> 00:35:58.570 honestly you're right but christmas is like one 00:35:58.570 --> 00:36:00.610 of the last things i think people are keeping 00:36:00.610 --> 00:36:03.820 alive you know they said uh they being the internet 00:36:03.820 --> 00:36:07.219 said something about why you know we look back 00:36:07.219 --> 00:36:09.599 at christmas our generation and we think man 00:36:09.599 --> 00:36:12.840 it used to be what happened you know like it 00:36:12.840 --> 00:36:15.300 was the warm light and all these events and the 00:36:15.300 --> 00:36:18.179 also the pumpkin patches and also the valentine's 00:36:18.179 --> 00:36:20.219 day at school and also well it's because our 00:36:20.219 --> 00:36:23.239 parents and the adults that were around made 00:36:23.239 --> 00:36:27.530 that real for us yeah so For the love of life, 00:36:27.670 --> 00:36:30.010 please, let's keep Christmas alive. Yeah, because. 00:36:30.170 --> 00:36:31.809 For those who enjoy Christmas. That's true. Is 00:36:31.809 --> 00:36:34.329 that like when you were a kid, the magic was 00:36:34.329 --> 00:36:36.289 being made for you. And now that you're an adult, 00:36:36.369 --> 00:36:38.050 you have to make the magic yourself. Well, it 00:36:38.050 --> 00:36:39.889 doesn't mean you got to buy more presents. It 00:36:39.889 --> 00:36:41.929 doesn't mean you got to pay to get into more 00:36:41.929 --> 00:36:44.789 places. That's why we go to the Overland Park 00:36:44.789 --> 00:36:47.269 Mayor's Christmas tree lighting every year. We 00:36:47.269 --> 00:36:51.550 do. Because it's just like the best way free 00:36:51.550 --> 00:36:53.929 to kick off the holiday season. Like you just 00:36:53.929 --> 00:36:57.380 go and they. make a big deal on stage about flipping 00:36:57.380 --> 00:37:00.099 the switch for the Christmas tree. Yeah, it's 00:37:00.099 --> 00:37:04.119 fun. Yeah, you just have a drink and take pictures 00:37:04.119 --> 00:37:06.739 and have dinner. It's nice. Absolutely. That's 00:37:06.739 --> 00:37:08.860 what Newport Harbor is doing. It's keeping it 00:37:08.860 --> 00:37:12.940 alive, making the magic themselves. So yeah, 00:37:13.019 --> 00:37:15.300 that's the end of my episode. Well, thank you 00:37:15.300 --> 00:37:17.500 and Merry Christmas. You're welcome. Merry Christmas, 00:37:17.579 --> 00:37:20.940 everybody. We're going to see you after the Christmas 00:37:20.940 --> 00:37:22.860 season. We're going to be Mr. and Mrs. Bailey 00:37:22.860 --> 00:37:27.800 at that point. That's crazy. That's crazy. Our 00:37:27.800 --> 00:37:30.280 podcast has gone through almost all the seasons 00:37:30.280 --> 00:37:33.059 of our relationship, and now we will be one, 00:37:33.079 --> 00:37:37.599 one flesh, as they say. Yes. And, you know, speaking 00:37:37.599 --> 00:37:40.239 about kind of recording our relationship and 00:37:40.239 --> 00:37:44.460 what we've done together, the couple of different 00:37:44.460 --> 00:37:46.780 studios we've had, all the adventures, people 00:37:46.780 --> 00:37:48.820 we've met, thank you all for being a part of 00:37:48.820 --> 00:37:53.409 it. We, even if this goes offline someday, You 00:37:53.409 --> 00:37:55.849 know, Emily and I are not doing this anymore. 00:37:55.989 --> 00:37:58.329 YouTube is gone. Whatever. Podcasts are dead. 00:37:58.690 --> 00:38:01.150 We will always have this. Yeah. We're going to 00:38:01.150 --> 00:38:03.250 have these and you all were a part of it. So 00:38:03.250 --> 00:38:05.289 thank you for being here. It's really special. 00:38:05.389 --> 00:38:07.369 That's so sweet. That's like, that's a good new 00:38:07.369 --> 00:38:08.869 year send off because we're not up here for New 00:38:08.869 --> 00:38:11.170 Year's either. So everyone enjoy the rest of 00:38:11.170 --> 00:38:15.429 your 2025 and we'll see you guys next time in 00:38:15.429 --> 00:38:22.840 2026. Lighthouse. Lighthouse. Lowdown.